Public release date: 9-Oct-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]

Contact: Kevin Taaffe taaffe@clemson.edu 864-656-0291 Clemson University

CLEMSON, S.C. Three Clemson University professors have received $797,066 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how the use of mobile technology can improve coordination in perioperative services.

The care provided by perioperative services is given before, during and after surgery, and takes place in three main areas pre-op, the operating room and post-anesthesia care.

The Clemson faculty are principal investigator Kevin Taaffe and co-investigators Joel Greenstein, both professors in the industrial engineering department, and Larry Fredendall, a professor of management in the College of Business and Behavioral Science.

The team will share research findings with Health Sciences South Carolina and the S.C. Hospital Association. Their work also will be used in health care-training simulations to improve coordination among staff.

The Clemson researchers are part of a statewide team that includes two faculty at the University of South Carolina. The total NSF award for the two universities is $1.4 million.

The researchers will use artificial intelligence and data analytics to improve coordination in perioperative services at three hospitals: Greenville Memorial Hospital, Palmetto Health Richland in the Columbia area and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

Taaffe will coordinate research across the two universities, the three hospital systems and other state-level institutions.

The collaboration will provide expertise in operations research, data mining, computer science, simulation, human-computer interaction and quality and process management.

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NSF funds Clemson research of mobile technology for perioperative services